The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men...

Have you ever noticed how, no matter how good a plan seems, things often don't work out the way you want them to? I started this week on Monday with full intentions to get all sorts of things done. I was going to be home more for one thing. My dear nephews are busy getting stronger in the NICU and my brother and sister-in-law haven't needed as much support as they did when everything was initially happening.

Right. Would have been great if it worked eh?

I ended up really sick all week long. Details I'll leave out, lets just say we thought something was seriously wrong and we're very glad it isn't!

Between the babies coming and then getting sick I'm so far off of my routine it's not even funny! It may not be Monday but I'm determined to try, again, to get back into the routine and get things done. Wish me luck!

Looking Forward

Yesterday I talked about how I did on my goals for last quarter.  Today I want to look at my goals for next quarter. 

My big goal that I didn't achieve last quarter was starting to make money off this blog. I still want to work on that, and with my improving health, I'm hoping it will now be possible! Even if it's just a little bit here and there :) 

I'm only adding one goal at this point in time to my "life" goals. I have another big one in mind, but since I'm not ready to start it yet, I'm not going to write about it! 

My big new goal actually has two main parts. Overall goal? LOSE WEIGHT. I've actually been wanting to work on this for a long time, but do you have any idea how hard it is to eat healthy when your having daily migraines and asthma attacks? Let alone exercise?

With my recently improved health I've been working really hard on both my diet, and working exercise whenever I can. I've lost 4 lbs so far! I'm not going to tell you how much I need to lose, just that it's a lot. Being super-sick for a year and on steroids because of it can do that.

So the two parts of this goal are I'm trying to exercise for at least 1/2 hr each day, and I'm keeping a food journal to track calories and get a more realistic picture of what types of foods I'm eating. I've found a site that's helping me out with that - but I want to use it for a few days before I talk more about it so I can give you guys an accurate review :) 

Instead of making this a three month goal like my others, I've set this out for one month. I'm hoping that I can increase my exercise goals at that point :) 

I'm using Goal For It to help me record and track my goals. I wrote a review about it back in January if you want more information. If you want to join me on Goal For It and encourage each other on our goals - just look for me under roseworksjewelry! 

March's Top Droppers!

I want to send out a big shout out of thanks to my top droppers for March! Don't know what I'm talking about? Check it out at www.entrecard.com :) Click on the pictures to be redirected to their blogs.

Thinking and Hoping to Grow

I've been thinking lately about the ways I approach my business and my blogging. Well, honestly, I do that a lot! My latest musings is realizing that I haven't been doing a very good job at building relationships in the bloggy world. Oh sure I use entrecard, and I HAVE made some connections with some awesome bloggers! But I still fall short. How? I don't do a great job at replying to my comments. What you say warms my heart and encourages me, but I rarely let you guys know that.

So my new goal is to try to respond to your comments as much as I can :) I'm sure there will be times I miss responding because I'm too sick, or because I can't figure how to respond to a smiley face, but I really do want to get to know my readers better! I look forward to talking to you :)

Oh yes, and for all you who are following my Aria's Quest story, I'm taking a short break from it this week. Too much going on last week and too much I'm thinking through. I'll be back on track next week!